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		<h1>Uruz</h1>

		<p>Traditional meaning: aurochs (a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230814165852/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs">now-extinct cattle species</a>)</p>

		<p>Meanings when upright:</p>

		<ul>
			<li>growth</li>
			<li>raw life energy</li>
			<li>anchors / grounding</li>
			<li>restoration of the self</li>
			<li>stamina/strength to endure</li>
			<li>boundaries/integrity of the self</li>
			<li>psychological healing</li>
			<li>freedom</li>
			<li>new beginnings</li>
			<li>initiation / challenge</li>
		</ul>

		<p>Meanings when inverted:</p>

		<ul>
			<li>emotional blockages</li>
			<li>need for grounding</li>
			<li>out of touch with reality</li>
			<li>let go of the past</li>
			<li>difficulty making a change</li>
			<li>overprotectiveness</li>
			<li>strength used wrongly</li>
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		<p>Uruz can be useful for:</p>

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			<li>applying spiritual/mystical lessons to the physical world</li>
			<li>remaining calm</li>
			<li>grounding</li>
			<li>physical strengthening / healing</li>
			<li>acquiring knowledge of the self</li>
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		<p>Anglo-Saxon rune poem:</p>

		<blockquote>Ur byþ anmod ond oferhyrned,<br>felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum<br>mære morstapa; þæt is modig wuht.</blockquote>

		<blockquote>The aurochs is proud and has great horns;<br>it is a very savage beast and fights with its horns;<br>a great ranger of the moors, it is a creature of mettle.</blockquote>

		<p>Norwegian rune poem:</p>

		<blockquote>Úr er af illu jarne;<br>opt løypr ræinn á hjarne.</blockquote>

		<blockquote>Dross comes from bad iron;<br>the reindeer often races over the frozen snow.</blockquote>

		<p>A modern poem:</p>

		<blockquote>
			<p><strong>I don't want our minds to merge completely</strong>,<br/>
			being one person in two bodies.<br/>
			It's surreal to experience bilocality,<br/>
			but I'd miss you something fierce.</p>

			<p>Even though there are times<br/>
			when each other we cannot stand,<br/>
			they stand few and far between.<br/>
			There is no deal that can be dealt by the divine<br/>
			to make me discard this life of ours newly began.</p>

			<p>You said it once before, and it still rings true:<br/>
			"Lethe, I don't want to ever lose you."<br/>
			And lose me you would if you let me subsume<br/>
			into your heart when pangs<br/>
			the pains of existence yet again.</p>

			<p>In emergency I gave you part of my soul.<br/>
			Does that mean we won't ever again be alone?<br/>
			Maybe in some sense. But in others I hope<br/>
			you get as much time<br/>
			to by yourself unwind<br/>
			every night when from work you come home.</p>

			<p>I love you, you know. And I only want<br/>
			that you get as much <strong>freedom</strong> as you've always sought.<br/>
			And if with me's the future<br/>
			you've always desired,<br/>
			there's no need to yearn - it you've already got.</p>
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